conjecture

1. n. An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. Source: opted

2. v. t. To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. Source: opted

3. v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine. Source: opted

4. n. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) Source: wordnet

5. n. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence Source: wordnet

6. n. reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence Source: wordnet

7. v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds Source: wordnet

8. An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. Whewell. Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton. To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine. Source: webster

9. An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptiveevidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjectureby a real study of nature. Whewell.Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton. Source: adambom

10. v:26/n:74 n. reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence Source: ecdict

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